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† uttermore, a. and adv. Obs.
Forms: 4–5 vtter-, etc., vtirmere (6 Sc. -maire), 5–6 -mer; 4–7 -more, 5 vttermor.
[f. utter a. + -more. Cf. ON. útar meirr, MSw. yttermere (Sw. -mera, Da. ydermere), and outermore a.]
A. adj.
1. More outward, remoter, farther removed; exterior, outer (opp. to inner).
1382Wyclif Matt. xxii. 13 His hondis and feet bounden, sende ȝee hym into vttermore derknessis. 14..Wycliffite Bible Ezek. xlvi. 21 Wher thei shuln say sacrifice, that thei bere not out in to the vtmer [v.r. vttermore] house. c1520M. Nisbet Matt. viii. 12 [They] salbe castin out into vtirmaire mirknessis. 1565Raynald's Byrth Mankynde p. li, The seconde or vttermer infolder of the bottome of the matrix. a1608Dee Relat. Spirits i. (1659) 249 The foresaid letter,..and moreover..the Copy of the Emperour's letter, all in one uttermore paper closed (Letter like). 1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 701 The two Pyramides in the middest..did almost touch one another: the uttermore stand not far off.
2. Very great; utmost. rare—1.
1382Wyclif Exod. xx. 18 Al the puple..ferde and smitun togidere with vttermore drede.
3. External; secular; lay. rare—1.
1395Purvey Remonstr. (1851) 138 It were bettere to him that ertheli dedes constreyniden him to deth, vndir vttir⁓more other worldli abide.
4. = outward a. 4. rare—1.
a1420Wycliffite Bible Prov. iii. 3 margin, Temperaunce and oneste in vtirmere conuersacioun.
B. adv. Farther outward. rare—1.
141426 Pol. Poems 58 Whanne ȝe han made pes wiþ-ynne All ȝoure reme in vnyte, Vttere-more ȝe mot bygynne. |